❝ you like solving mysteries . ❞ matter-of-factly , not a question , but a solid assertion . as shawky leans back in his chair , he’s got a twinkle in his eye , a glow , a THRILL about him . it’s infectious . he peers at nancy as if he knows they’re cut from the same cloth , hungry for knowledge , desperate for adventure . they’re of the same ilk ; they want the same things . shawky is certain she’ll be intrigued by his question . ❝ how do you find a lost tomb ? after all of modern civilization has built itself upon the ruins of the past , how do you locate a missing tomb ? ❞ shawky pauses before handing her a journal , leatherbound and dusty from time among the sand . ❝ not just any tomb , @drewsleuth . how do you find the lost tomb of alexander the great ? ❞












